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The difference between Идти and Ходить as Russian Verbs of Motion

Verbs that show motion are called Verbs of Motion. We suggest you to find list of Russian motion verbs also. In between the list of verbs of motion, you will find the number one list words are Идти and Ходить. Both Идти and Ходить have a same meaning which are go/walk by foot. What makes them different Идти is a part of Irregular Verbs, meanwhile Ходить is a part of Regular Verbs.

Идти as a Irregular verbs meaning the activity that is done in one direction. While, xодить as a Regular verbs meaning the activity that is done in repetition, and more than one direction.

There are three basic rules to determine which one to choose Идти or Ходить:

1). Direction – if it’s multidirection use Ходить, if it’s unidirection use Идти

Sequences : As a verbs, Verbs of Motion can be differ depend on the sequence of the time. While present tense allows you to tell stories about something that currently happening, past tense let you tell stories about events that have already happened. We suggest that you find out more about past tense of Russian verbs. We also already learn about conjugation in Russian Language, because of идти is irregular verbs and ходить is regular verbs that’s why they has their own conjugation.